Senior Spotlight - Wyatt Burnette
Senior Spotlight - Kayla Lawson
Attention Seniors and Parents:
Federal Credit Union Scholarship:
ESSAY TOPIC: At least 500 but not more than 750 words
IF YOU HAD FORESEEN THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, HOW WOULD YOU HAVE PREPARED?
Please submit your essay to the counselors by Tuesday, April 4th, by the end of the day. Do not include your name on this essay, instead please list your WVEIS number at the top of your essay,
Stop by the guidance office with any questions.
Attention Seniors!
Scholarships that are due by 2-24: Liberty Foundation and Little General
Scholarships that are due by 3-1: Beckley Area Foundation, Joetta Lilly Memorial Scholarship, and Albert Yanni
Links for current scholarships:
• Beckley Area Foundation – Due March 1, 2023, must be completed online and you will need the recommender’s email. Beckley Area Foundation: https://www.bafwv.org/how-to-apply.html
• Liberty Foundation – Opens January 17th, due February 24th, must be completed online. You will need your updated GPA and Student Aid Report from FAFSA to complete. https://forms.gle/nwRziEdNGFrzpmba8
• J. Lee Scholarship now available and due March 17, 2023. Application can be found in your Class of 2023 Updates. You should be able to type in the document and save as “your name J Lee Scholarship” and you can send to the counselors to print out. A paper copy is available from the counselors if you need it.
• Albert Yanni Scholarship is available and due March 1, 2023 for students that have completed a CTE program in high school. ACT classes, agriculture, business, social work, and the cabinetmaking classes are all CTE classes. The document with more information is in your Schoology Class of 2023 updates.
• Joetta Lilly Memorial Scholarship – must be completed online and you will need the recommender’s email – for a 2 year or less programs (for example, ACT, New River, and BridgeValley programs) – you must include a document that lists your community service during high school. https://forms.gle/B13HjP1SzyFk1TeZ7
• Little General Application – Due February 24th, will need to be completed online. You will need a list of accomplishments and activities that you have completed. You will need your Raleigh County Schools email. You will also need 3 references with their name, occupation, address, and phone number. Little General Application: https://lgstoreswv.com/2023-lg-scholarship-application/
• WV Pumpkin Festival Scholarship is available and due April 1, 2023. Here is the link for the application, which shows 2021 information on the application, but it is what they sent to us. https://wvpumpkinpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Schlorship-2021-Application.pdf
• Check the Scholarship/Financial of the School you are interested in attending for more scholarship opportunities.
• Complete the ACE application and WV HEAPS application after July 1, 2023, if you plan on attending ACT. The ACE application will be available at ACT when you register for classes. Contact ACT to see if you need to take the TABE or TEAS test for your program of choice.
• Promise Scholarship, for 4-year programs in WV. You have until the summer ACT/SAT exams to get the needed scores. See counselors if you need help registering for exam, or if you need a waiver.
Congratulations to the boy's basketball team on a great regular season! It was awesome celebrating with you and your families last night!
Congratulations to our wrestling team seniors on a great season! We enjoyed celebrating you and your families last night!
Congratulations to these Liberty Raiders for winning Raider Rewards for the 2nd Nine Weeks! There are 3 levels a student could qualify for and each level focuses on attendance, grades, and behavior.
Top level: Trevor Sawyers
2nd level: Mark Holdren
1st level: Alyssa McGinnis
Save the date for Prom Project.
March 11th & 25th at 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM.
Where: Whitesville, WV.
See the flyer attached for more information. We hope to see you at one of our upcoming try-ons and take-home events. All gowns, shoes, and accessories are FREE and yours to keep. All students are welcome!
Senior Spotlight - Alyssa McGinnis
Boys game tonight at Westside! Come out and cheer on your Liberty Raiders!
Another group of students were caught being kind and doing something to help their school or their fellow classmates. We want to recognize these outstanding students and say THANK YOU!
Our Random Acts of Kindness Week is coming to an end today. We hope the Raider Nation community has taken on a challenge this week and spread joy to someone else. The last three days of challenges are:
Wednesday - Talk to someone you don't normally talk to. Ask them about their day.
Thursday - Offer to help someone
Friday - Brighten someone's day with a smile or kind word
Thank you to everyone who participated in this week and thank you to the students who used the weekly lessons in LINKS to make our school a better place!
For Friday, February 17, Raleigh County Schools will be closed
Senior Spotlight - Chelsie Williams
Students interested in working at Lake Stephens this summer need to complete an application and submit it to the counselors by February 22. They will be at Liberty to interview the students that have turned an application in on March 2, 2023.
See the counselors if you need an applicationto complete.
These students were caught being kind and doing something to help their school or their fellow classmates. We want to recognize these outstanding students and say THANK YOU!
It is Tuesday on our Random Acts of Kindness Week! We challenged the students to learn about Caring in LINKS and to compliment 5 people today. We would like to challenge Raider Nation to do the same and give a compliment to someone!
Today began our Random Acts of Kindness Week! We challenged the students to learn about Respect in LINKS and to write a thank you note to a teacher who has shown them kindness. We would like to challenge Raider Nation to do the same and write/say thank you to someone who has shown you kindness.
Liberty High School would like to thank RCFSC, Raleigh County Family Support Center, for donating $1,200 to help purchase books for our library! Our students will love seeing our library grow and inspire a new passion for reading.
Senior Spotlight - Andrew Bristow
